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The Story of Sir John Tenniel,,

THE HONGKONG TELEOR PHTU NDAY APRIL

his long clay pire, whilata ohcios of subject was debated. Some- times he threw in a suggestion or expressed a preference, bot ha never led the debate. When the subject was finally settled upon, and its treatment came to be dis cussed. Tenniel was more in his element and increasingly come

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£250,000 for a Shop. Mr. Gordon Belfri go has bought for between £250,000 and £300,000 the site, shop, and stock,

Sir John Tenniel in dead, and and will take over the staff, of the world is sensibly the poorer Lloyd and Co., drapers, adjoining for the loss of one whom Mr. Belfridge's, in Oxford atreet. Be Balfour once described as a great taunicative, had never been in the shop before artist and a great gentleman. It was characteristic of Tenniel, but the negotiations, occnpring ways the Telegraph. He had at of his modesty, unselfishness, and only a week, for acquiring the tained to a very ripe, oge beingleness of purpose, that be wan sharos from the executors for the would have been ninety-four on content through his long conneo daughter of the late Mr. Lloy, Friday last and perhaps our tion with Punch to work under were completed some weeks goyanger contemporaries know peculiar pecuniary disadvantages. It is the site I want," he little about him. But for many His colleagues on the staff drew yers during the Victorien era his their designs on paper. When the 'explained “I want to extend my own premises, T-holen Sal!

toons were a force in the land, work had been engraved the epresenting as they did the original sketch was returned to mingled humour, pathon, wit, them, sometimes figured in exi- ircay, and common sense of abitions and was not unfrequent keen aud disinterested observer ly sold. Tennial, as a rulo, drow Prince Henry's Curiosity.

straight on the blook, and Princess Mary, Prince Albert, of public events

There was always a certain ben anyone. expressed ond Prince Henry, acu mpanied

10 obtain tbe by Mr. Wallington, the Queen's austerity about John Truniel's a desire private secretary, visitou the pencil; there was the same sus-original, be, in order to fulfil the Wonder Zoo at Olympia recently terity about his life and hisoutlook commission, did all the work

the closing day. They apon things. The vulgar arts of over again.

Dropping the Pilot" pered to enjoy the entertain-advertisement be disdained; he

Thus his famous cartoon, deat, very heartily, says the had a natural shrinking from

publio notoriety. But his gene-Dropping the Pilot, the appear- Chronicle.

Prince Henry was curious as to rons temperament, in fact, of ajarce if which marked the dis private lives of the circus great geutleman-made him, in missal of Prince Bismarck from Lers. He asked many questions & sense, an ideal cartaceist, bebe councils of the young German to what they wore when out can he was always rorupulously Emperor, was carefully re-drawn the arena, what sort of houses fair, and won lifelong friends before it pasted into possession y lived in, and wheher, wh rather than enemies by his of the disgraced, Chancellor on

The gift of Lord Rosebery. k was done, they wore sipulitical exricatures, ngui-hable from the rest f peuple.

imes E. and His Mother a Execution.

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dime

and

'Punch" a National Institution. With regard to this famous Punch in one of our nati nal ctoon the Telegraph saya:-' stitutions,

There is probably a. consensus and Punch'e pulity mong Englishmen opinion that the cartonist abrad is reached his widest span in the It w aking at Poles a

targeis

10 due the weekly moue 1890 drawing, Dropping ag, Piuleanor Rds, warte a, which manage, as a be Flor, yet few noted at the gow Univerny,_ referred 1 ule, to bit off very happily the time the additional note cf ber- slation of King James VI elings of the mass of the nation, eavement Tenniel's own reuution of his mother, Marys the Times. For 50 years Bismarck was passing from his n of seats, as evidenced by these cartoons came, with very hands also. Lord Rosebery was in papers which he is editing. few exceptions, from Sir John quick to discern the genius of ese documents are lettere Tenniel's pencil. It was because design, and at once: gave the on by James, in which he his pening as a draughtsman artist. a.special commission for a d have Elizabeth ia under en bied him week hy week to pen and ink drawing of it. More that he did not object to the depot with masterly skilt the over, be sent a copy to Bismarck ic exscation of his mother-vents that have left their mark himself, who in acknowledging Gooided Elizabet to abandon upon the times, to give expression stated, 'It is a fine one indeed." idea of secret murder, suu

If Only I Could See. n the joys and Barrows of his

We are enabled by special jes received his reward in the countrymen, and often" to throw lish heritage, the next victim a fresh light upon some well-permission to give a description hich was his son.

worp subject that Sir John of Le closing phase of Sir John it is not for me," said the Tenniel's name was known where Tenniel's life, says the Telegraph. Like Samson of old, who cried fessor,to judge bim, bu Iver britons gather together and here and now recaut whatever Punch penetrates, and that he out in hie blindness, haritable interpretation 1 may bad long been recognized as. the any writings of mine have forem at political cartoonist of lended to him.”

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O dark, dark, dark, amid the

blaze of noon,"

Irrecoverably dark, total coli:

pose, Without all hope of day! this Samson of satiric art some times exclaimed against the ter rible affliction that in recent years deprived him, as the result of an early accident, of sight; most precans of gifts to all, but by the artist perhaps most destly prized.

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'N. LAZARUS.

Ophilable Optician

his age.

A Londoner, Arthurian Festival.

"Sir Henry Lucy, one of his Sir Edward Elgar will lay the ndation stone of the Glaston-companions at the famous Punch ry Festival Playhouse this Table, says some interesting

Chinese "Elixir of Life." mmer. Fands are coming in things about the great cartoonist

Mr. Jonas Lied gave Intely sp adually, but it has been found in the Daily News, and also in

address to the London Chamber possible to begin building the the March Cornhill.

John Tenniel was born in

of Commerce on "The Opening. Leatre that Professor S. D. dehead is planning in time for London in 1820, and with rare

up of the Northern Ses. Route to Mr. excursions he passed within the

Siberia. He had much to say of... erformances thìm your......

If only I could see if only the propects and resources of that boundary of the metropolis a long Rutland Boughton, 18 making

and blameless life, ways Sir Henry could see!' te would exclaim when vast territory, with a population Arrangemente fo musical pes- formances in ounnection with the in the Daily News. For a man something was read out to him, of 13.030,000 which will probably foundation-stone lying, and about his quaintly arranged initiale and imagination flung some be doubled in fifteen or twenty the same time a volume is to be were for fall forty year familiar image on the still seeing mind, years; and he mentioned the published containing the cycle all over the civilised world, Ten I could draw it now! I could curious fact that wild deer are of Artharian dramas, by Mr.niel's penality was singularly draw it now! And, with that, there kept in captivity solely for Nothing in more wa tuy of your con- Reginald Buckley, for the pro- little known to the outside public. his hand would firmly describe the sake of their horns, which are sideration than the welfare of your ayes By remedied, if neglected may get beyond duction of which the theatre ise never lectured, as did several some bold outlines on the unworth 40s. the pound; and are all the trouble that to-day is small and east- of his colleagues on the Punch resisting air until he dropped it sent to China, where they are ingle measures. Be on the safe side and designed.

staff, never took the chair to the arm of his great chair with used in the manufacture of anf your eyes are giving trouble call on us and have them examined. No charge for anywhere, nor in their ways a sigh. Yet he lore his affiction elixir of life. Shipping on the Yangtze.

aight testing. The report of the Hankow

mankind to

did with incredible courage, and "All the Papers" Chamber of Commerce states he liva. up to his fame gentlenose.

N. LAZARUS The clever authors of Wisdom H's Perspective of Death. while You Wait? have written a that, with reference to the Woo Yet in quiet, social circles he was

His end was in keeping with now skit dalled "All the Papers."

OPTHALMIC OPTICIAN, Bang-Hankow pilotage, there is known to most eminent English- no doubt that shipping on the men for two generations. He was bis life. Those about him It is is journalistic revue, hitel 1292. LA, D'Aguller St Yangtaze needs to be served by a friend of Charles Dickens, and did not know how soonoring of with meat malice the an organised pilot service, b-was one of the famous dramatic late that end might be It characteristics and extravagances cause without such..organization company that went about the was known that he was pane of the press of today. Mr. any incompetent man can call country under his management, ing into his last sleep, but it was George Morrow, as usual, has a himself a pilot and work as soob. playing for charitable purposes, thought that he might live for large share in the collaboration; Consular representative at Shang Pundly staff, and soon after under most beautiful and auth nticated the reproductions of the picture bai proposing the banding toge took the production of the weakly reason there was for this hope. papers are most amusing. ther of certain national authorities cartoon. Through more than For hours, on and off, the feeble the making of regulations forty years Tenniel held the post band had been devoribing figures gerning their nationals; but so there were less than a socre of upon the air: Then me what father anggestion has received occasions when his place was was the last movement. The bant consideration, only four filed by another. That was arm was outstretched with poised nolnowledgements of the letter remarkable testimony to pheno-fingers, as if with pencil ia band haeng been received. The com- manal, good health, and also to take a perspective. The per mitee, however, has not entirely implied naingular indifference spective it was of Death. Ner given up shope of having a pro- for holidays...

can, one doubt that the grest. artist found-the Figure kindly to perly organized service.

Discussing the Cartoon.. After he joined the Punch staff look upon, for there was a smile Lord, Charles's Freedom. There seems to be some difficul Tenniel practically, abandoned upon the face of the dead ty: it fastening; the freedom of the brush. He found time to do l'ublic Opinion, Weymouth on Lord Oharles me book illustrations, richly endowing sop's Fables, "The

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Letters were despatched to each in 1851 Tenniel joined the several days, or even longer. Aliis blurred drawinge cariontoring BY USING C.N.

Becedord. The ceremony has Ingoldsby Legends. Lallah Bank Manager. Just been postponed for a Rookh, and Alice in Wonder Mr. Pike having arrived in second time. Lord Charles was land bat more especially he Penang to take over the manage offered the honour, several years

and Shanghai Bank, 889, then, in command of the gave himself up to his Punch ment of the local branch of the

work, puting all his time and Hongkong Home Fleet, at Portland. The labour into the cartoon. The Mr. W. R. McCallum wat to flees put to sea on he day fixed for

process of it production was hep proceed to Colombo by the next the tresentatiüden

***The matter

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